Nobody watching "In Orbit How Satellites Rule Our World"
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I caught it last night ona BBC repeat. I thought it quite good.
The presenter is quite well known as she features on Radio 4 quite a lot -- but not (yet) much on TV. She is a professional space scientist so does know what she is talking about - which I prefer to some actor or totty who is put in front of the cameras just because they are
a) good looking
b) already well known.
The presenter is quite well known as she features on Radio 4 quite a lot -- but not (yet) much on TV. She is a professional space scientist so does know what she is talking about - which I prefer to some actor or totty who is put in front of the cameras just because they are
a) good looking
b) already well known.
Eric Mc said:
The presenter is quite well known as she features on Radio 4 quite a lot -- but not (yet) much on TV. She is a professional space scientist so does know what she is talking about - which I prefer to some actor or totty who is put in front of the cameras just because they are
Agree completely; I just really dislike her delivery.Mr E said:
Eric Mc said:
The presenter is quite well known as she features on Radio 4 quite a lot -- but not (yet) much on TV. She is a professional space scientist so does know what she is talking about - which I prefer to some actor or totty who is put in front of the cameras just because they are
Agree completely; I just really dislike her delivery.And that mirror .... amazing.
I'm glad I wasn't alone in disliking the presenter.
I was looking forward to the show, but by the end of the intro I was already irritated by her voice and the fact that she looked at the prompt card below the camera three times.
Ten minutes into it and I could take no more. She may be knowledgeable on the subject, but her delivery was highly irritating.
Shame.
I was looking forward to the show, but by the end of the intro I was already irritated by her voice and the fact that she looked at the prompt card below the camera three times.
Ten minutes into it and I could take no more. She may be knowledgeable on the subject, but her delivery was highly irritating.
Shame.
Because they are trying - quite rightly - to get science out to a larger audience, they need a memorable presenter with some character, another example being Brian Cox. An accomplished presenter might make an objectively better job at the actual presenting but for these type of shows enthusiasm beats technical delivery.
carmonk said:
Because they are trying - quite rightly - to get science out to a larger audience, they need a memorable presenter wtith some character, another example being Brian Cox. An accomplished presenter might make an objectively better job at the actual presenting but for these type of shows enthusiasm beats technical delivery.
Brian Cox? As his name suggests is an absolute COCK! A newcomer and already sold out to the myth of MMGW to further his career.dickymint said:
carmonk said:
Because they are trying - quite rightly - to get science out to a larger audience, they need a memorable presenter wtith some character, another example being Brian Cox. An accomplished presenter might make an objectively better job at the actual presenting but for these type of shows enthusiasm beats technical delivery.
Brian Cox? As his name suggests is an absolute COCK! A newcomer and already sold out to the myth of MMGW to further his career.carmonk said:
dickymint said:
carmonk said:
Because they are trying - quite rightly - to get science out to a larger audience, they need a memorable presenter wtith some character, another example being Brian Cox. An accomplished presenter might make an objectively better job at the actual presenting but for these type of shows enthusiasm beats technical delivery.
Brian Cox? As his name suggests is an absolute COCK! A newcomer and already sold out to the myth of MMGW to further his career.
Still a cock though
carmonk said:
Because they are trying - quite rightly - to get science out to a larger audience, they need a memorable presenter with some character, another example being Brian Cox. An accomplished presenter might make an objectively better job at the actual presenting but for these type of shows enthusiasm beats technical delivery.
Not allways.It dpends omn who nthe target audience is.
Fun, japes, prettiness and showmanship sells to some.
Knowledge and profesional baqckground will sell to others.
There is room for both.
BBC4 in particular, should emphasise on the latter, whilst the "showey" side of presentation shouild be the norm for BBC1. BBC2 could adopt a middle approach.
BrabusMog said:
I'm another who had to switch off because of the delivery and that's a shame really as the content of the show was very appealing.
To be fair, that does strike me as being terribly shallow.Back in 1980, Carl Sagan got a huge amount of criticism of his presentation style on "Cosmos" - especially here in the UK.
"Cosmos" is now looked on as alandmark science ptrogramme and you hear very little crticism of Sagan's delivery.
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